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US5255808A
US5255808A US07/936,003 US93600392A US5255808A US 5255808 A US5255808 A US 5255808A US 93600392 A US93600392 A US 93600392A US 5255808 A US5255808 A US 5255808A
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    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65D—CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS, e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES, DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKAGES
    • B65D1/00—Containers having bodies formed in one piece, e.g. by casting metallic material, by moulding plastics, by blowing vitreous material, by throwing ceramic material, by moulding pulped fibrous material, by deep-drawing operations performed on sheet material
    • B65D1/02—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents
    • B65D1/0223—Bottles or similar containers with necks or like restricted apertures, designed for pouring contents characterised by shape
    • B65D1/0292—Foldable bottles
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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    • Y10S—TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
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  • the invention relates to a foldable bottle having a closable pouring part.
  • bottles of this type are made, for example, of plastic, if appropriate by blow molding, and serve for containing liquid or granular substances.
  • plastic if appropriate by blow molding, and serve for containing liquid or granular substances.
  • With a foldable bottle design it is possible for these bottles to be folded flat in an empty state and therefore take up little space either in waste containers or during transportation to a filling plant for reuse or to a recycling or disposal site.
  • a foldable bottle of this type known from EP-A-0,408,929, has an essentially rectangular cross section above its bottom part.
  • a recess in the form of an inverted V whose upper edge forms a folding edge which extends horizontally when the bottle is upright.
  • the two ends of this horizontal folding edge coincide in each case with a folding edge which is vertical when the bottle is upright and extends on opposite walls of the bottle so that the empty bottle can be folded into a virtually flat configuration essentially along the three folding edges.
  • the V-type recess merges on both sides in rounded transitions transversely to the horizontal folding edge into two narrow, strip-type standing surfaces parallel to the horizontal folding line and continues into two opposite bottle walls which have no folding edges.
  • a disadvantage of this bottle consists of the fact that its stability is very poor, specifically for the following reasons: even in the filled state, this bottle does not have a flat bottom surface, but rather only the two parallel strip-type standing surfaces which merge in a rounded manner into the vertical bottle walls; as a result, its stability is reduced. In an almost empty state, it is possible for the bottle contents to be located in only one of the two compartments of the lower portion of the bottle, such that the bottle is very unstable. Due to the V-type recess, the capacity of the bottle is also reduced, with the result being that such bottle must be taller than a bottle of the same capacity with a flat bottom, which likewise has a negative effect on stability.
  • the underlying object of the present invention is thus to provide a bottle of the type mentioned at the beginning which has good stability during use in a completely and partially filled state and, in the empty state, can be brought into as flat a form as possible by simple folding without exerting additional pressure.
  • the new bottle is distinguished by good stability in both the full and in the empty state as it has a large standing surface because at least the outer edge region of the bottom surface serves as a standing surface.
  • the bottom surface is flat or very slightly curved upward or inward in its central zone so that the new bottle is not taller in comparison to another bottle of the same capacity, which likewise contributes to its stability. It can also easily be folded into a flat form insofar as a lower bottle part comprising the bottom region and an upper bottle part comprising the pouring region can be bent over through 90° along prefabricated folding lines which are horizontal when the bottle is upright, with the result being that they come to rest on the bottle walls which have been folded flat along opposite lines on the outer surface and therefore lie against one another.
  • FIG. 1 shows a front elevational view of a first embodiment of the bottle
  • FIG. 2 shows a side view of the bottle illustrated in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 3 shows a top plan view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2;
  • FIG. 4 shows a cross-sectional view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 3 as taken along line 4--4 in FIG. 1;
  • FIG. 5 shows cross-sectional view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 1-4 as taken along line 5--5 in FIG. 2;
  • FIG. 6 shows the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 1-5 prior to folding
  • FIG. 7 shows the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 1-6 after a first stage of the folding operation
  • FIG. 8 shows the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 1-7 after complete folding
  • FIG. 9 shows a side view of a second embodiment of the bottle according to the present invention.
  • FIG. 10 shows the bottle illustrated in FIG. 9 in a second side view perpendicular to the first side view of FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 11 shows a top plan of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 9 and 10;
  • FIG. 12 shows a bottom plan view of bottle illustrated in FIGS. 9 to 11;
  • FIG. 13 shows a cross-sectional view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 9-12 as taken along line 13--13 in FIG. 9;
  • FIG. 14 shows cross-sectional view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 9-13 as taken along line 14-14 in FIG. 10;
  • FIG. 15 shows a front view of a third embodiment of the bottle according to the invention.
  • FIG. 16 shows a side view of the bottle illustrated in FIG. 15;
  • FIG. 17 shows a top plan bottle illustrated in FIGS. 15 and 16;
  • FIG. 18 shows a bottom view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 15-17;
  • FIG. 19 shows cross-sectional view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 15-18 as taken along line 19--19 in FIG. 15;
  • FIG. 20 shows a cross-sectional view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 15-19 as along line 20--20 in FIG. 16;
  • FIG. 21 shows a first side view of a fourth embodiment of the bottle according to the invention.
  • FIG. 22 shows a second side view of the bottle illustrated in FIG. 21, this second side view being perpendicular to the first side view in FIG. 21;
  • FIG. 23 shows the second side view of the bottle illustrated in FIG. 22 with a partial covering
  • FIG. 24 shows a top plan view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 21--23;
  • FIG. 25 shows a cross-sectional view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 21 to 24 as taken along line 25--25 in FIG. 22;
  • FIG. 26 shows a bottom view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 21 to 25.
  • FIG. 27 shows a cross-sectional view of the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 21 to 26 as taken along line 27--27 in FIG. 24.
  • the first embodiment of the foldable bottle has an essentially rectangular cross section with narrow sides curved slightly outward.
  • the body, 1 of the bottle comprises an outer surface 2 which extends between a bottom surface 3 and an upper top surface 4 with a pouring part 5 arranged thereon.
  • the bottom surface 3 is curved very slightly at its central zone toward the interior of the bottle without the volume of the bottle being substantially diminished as a result.
  • the standing surface which is supported on a base when the bottle is upright is formed by the edge region of the bottom surface.
  • the pouring part 5 is closable by means of a closure (not illustrated in FIG. 1 and FIG. 2), for example a screw closure.
  • the outer surface 2 On the two narrow sides of the bottle at their center portion, the outer surface 2 has longitudinally extending lines which are located diametrically opposite one another and become folding lines 6 when the outer surface 2 is folded.
  • the folding lines 6 provided on these lines of the outer surface can be of bead-type construction.
  • the folding lines 6 provided each extend between a folding line 7, running round horizontally with spacing from the bottom surface 3, and a folding line 8 running round horizontally with spacing from the top surface 4.
  • the folding lines 7 and 8 thus run transversely to the folding lines 6 and intersect them.
  • the cross section illustrated as an extract in FIG. 4 through the outer surface along the line 5--5 in FIG. 2 shows the form of one of the folding lines 11 which is formed by a bead 13 curving outward in a bow shape.
  • the wall thickness is slightly reduced in the central region of the bead 13.
  • the design of this folding line 11 is such that it has the tendency to yield outwardly when the bottle is folded or folded flat.
  • the folding lines 13 in the upper portion of the bottle and, if appropriate, the folding lines 6 in the central portion are constructed in the same manner.
  • the transversely running folding lines 7 and 8 have a tendency to yield inwardly when the bottle is folded, i.e. when the portions of the bottle bounded by said folding lines are folded over.
  • the folding line 7 is illustrated on a larger scale in a cross sectional view through the outer surface along the line 4--4 in FIG. 1.
  • the folding line 7 is formed by a bead 14 curved inward in a bow shape.
  • the wall thickness is slightly reduced in the transition regions from the bead 14 to the adjoining outer surface.
  • the bottle can be folded flat and an upper portion 16 and a lower portion 17 of the bottle 1 can be folded flat or folded over on the principle of a folding bottom as is known from paper bags.
  • FIGS. 9 to 14 show another foldable bottle according to the invention.
  • This bottle has an essentially round cross section. Otherwise, in particular with respect of its foldability, it is virtually of the same construction as the bottle illustrated in FIGS. 1 to 8 and described above.
  • the round bottle has a body 101, an outer surface 102, a flat bottom surface 103 and a top surface 104 on which a pouring part 105 is mounted.
  • Two lines of the outer surface 102 located diametrically opposite each other are provided as folding lines 106.
  • Running transversely thereto are a lower folding line 107 of bead-type Construction and an upper folding line 108 of bead-type construction; the lower folding line 107 bounds a lower portion 117 of the bottle and the upper folding line 100 bounds an upper portion 116 of the bottle.
  • FIG. 13 shows a cross section of an inwardly curved bead 114, corresponding to the bead 14 in FIG. 4, which forms the folding lines 107 and 108.
  • FIG. 14 shows a cross section of an outwardly curved bead 113, corresponding to the bead 13 in FIG. 5, as are constructed for the folding lines 111 and 112 and, if appropriate, lines 106.
  • FIGS. 15 to 20 show a further, similar bottle, in which the central portion has a cross section which is described as rectangular/oval, which means that two opposite sides are formed by flat outer surfaces 202a and the two other opposite sides are formed with cylindrical surfaces, e.g. circular-cylindrical surfaces 202b.
  • the bottle has a bottom surface 203 with a standing surface 203a and a curved surface 203b as well as a top surface 204 with a pouring part 205.
  • longitudinally running lines 206 are provided as folding lines 106.
  • two pairs of folding lines 211, arranged in a V-shape are arranged on the lower portion 217, i.e. below a point 209 of intersection, and two pairs of folding lines 212, arranged in a V-shape, are arranged on the upper portion 218, i.e. above a point 210 of intersection.
  • the lower portion 217 is bounded by a transversely running folding line 207 and the upper portion 216 by a transversely running folding line 208.
  • the folding lines 207 and 208 are constructed according to FIG. 19 as inwardly, curved beads 214 and the folding lines 211 and 212 as well as the folding lines 206 (which, depending on the material thickness, is not necessary) are constructed according to FIG. 29 as outwardly curved beads 213. Folding of this bottle takes place in an analogous manner to the folding of the bottles already described.
  • FIGS. 21 to 27 A further bottle is illustrated in FIGS. 21 to 27, whose central portion has a so-called square/round cross section according to FIGS. 24 to 26.
  • This bottle has four outer surfaces 302 curved slightly outward, a bottom surface 303 with a standing surface 303a and a curved surface 303b as well as a top surface 304 with a threaded pouring part 305 which is closed by a screw cap 305a according to FIGS. 22 and 23.
  • This bottle also has longitudinally running folding lines 306 on opposite outer surfaces 302 and, additionally, folding lines 311 arranged on the lower portion 317, i.e. below a point 309 of intersection, and running in a V-shape, and folding lines 312 arranged on the upper portion 316, i.e.
  • the lower portion 317 is bounded by a transversely running folding line 307 and the upper portion 316 by a transversely running folding line 308. Essentially, all the folding lines are arranged and constructed in the same manner as those of the bottles already described.
  • the bottle cross sections of the regions of the central portion adjoining the folding lines are smaller, at least on one part of the circumference, in the corner parts in the present example, than the bottle cross sections of the regions of the lower portion 317 or of the upper portion 316 adjoining the folding lines, with the result being that, in that case, the upper portion 316 and the lower portion 317 project beyond the central portion.
  • This shape is particularly suitable for mounting a label or cover 318 which does not have to be stuck to the bottle and which, if it consists of suitable material, such as cardboard or rigid plastic, can serve as protection and assume a reinforcing function in a given bottle design.
  • Suitable material for the new bottles are plastics, such as polypropylene, polyethylene, PET and PVC, but also metals, such as, for example, aluminum and also composite materials.

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